kitty-corner — also catty corner or catercorner or kitty cornered or catty cornered or catercornered adverb or adjective Etymology: kitty corner alteration of cater corner, from obsolete cater four + corner Date: 1838 in a diagonal or oblique position < the… … New Collegiate Dictionary

List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom — This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.* Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g. pants , crib ) are to be found … Wikipedia

athwart — Synonyms and related words: across, across the grain, adverse to, against, against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, at cross purposes, at cross purposes with, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at issue, at odds, at variance, at war with … Moby Thesaurus